- Industry: Computer
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Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.
(1) A set of host language statements and SQL statements that is processed by an SQL precompiler.<br />(2) A set of instructions that are written in a programming language and must be translated into machine language before the programme can be run.<br />(3) In communications, the programme that starts a session with a remote system. See also target program.<br />(4) In DB2 for i5/OS, the source in an i5/OS source file member used to create an SQL program.
Industry:Software
(1) A graphic symbol whose appearance conveys information, for example, the vertical and horizontal arrows on cursor keys that indicate the directions in which they control cursor movement.<br />(2) An image, usually of a character, in a font. See also character, graphic character.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of individual components, such as people, machines, or methods, that work together to perform a function.<br />(2) A computer and its associated devices and programs.<br />(3) A single node or a cluster of nodes acting as a single computing entity. A system in this sense may run multiple instances of the operating system. See also cluster node.<br />(4) A functional unit, consisting of one or more computers and associated software, that uses common storage for all or part of a programme and also for all or part of the data necessary for the execution of the program. A system can be a stand-alone unit, or it can consist of multiple connected units.
Industry:Software
(1) A graphical implementation of an activity, including actions, execution flow, and external calls. An activity diagram contains symbols that specify the steps, the order of the steps, and the logic that determines how they execute. See also activity.<br />(2) A diagram that represents the performance of a task or duty in a workflow, or the execution of a statement in a procedure.<br />(3) See activity graph.<br />(4) A UML behavioural diagram that models the dynamic parts of a system by showing the steps or tasks that constitute a process.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of information on a diskette or tape that describes the contents of the diskette or tape.<br />(2) The label or data set label that precedes the data records on a unit of recording medium.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of diverse but interdependent applications and other system resources that interact to accomplish specific business functions.<br />(2) A set of roles and resources that together fulfil a specific purpose and define the responsibilities of the individuals who perform the work. See also organisation unit.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of key or RID pairs in a nonpartitioning index that is associated with a particular partition.<br />(2) One or more subsets of a single system that contains hardware resources and operates as an independent system. See also path group.<br />(3) In a partitioned database environment, a database partition server on a processor that has more than one database partition server assigned to it.<br />(4) A subset of the processor hardware that is defined to support an operating system.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of journal entries that are deposited together by the system.<br />(2) catalogue merchandise that provides single-click function for referring to multiple items. More formally, a bundle is a composite catalogue entry consisting of at least one code. See also dynamic kit, package, kit, prebuilt kit.<br />(3) A set of tokens that are transferred between nodes in a simulation as a complete group.<br />(4) In the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) framework, a Java archive file that contains Java code, resources, and a manifest that describes the bundle and its dependencies. The bundle is the unit of deployment for an application. See also subagent.
Industry:Software
(1) A set of logical database record occurrences. It is composed of one or more physical databases; it represents hierarchic, structured relationships between data segments which can be different from the physical structure in which the segments were loaded. See also physical database.<br />(2) A database composed of one or more physical databases representing a hierarchical structure that is derived from relationships between data segments, and that can be different from the physical structure.
Industry:Software
(1) A group of lines in a file that together have a common function or define a part of the system. Stanzas are usually separated by blank lines or colons, and each stanza has a name.<br />(2) A section of a software package that defines either a specific action to be performed on that the software package or a set of conditions under which actions are to be performed on the software package. The complete software package is a stanza that contains a hierarchy of many different stanzas. See also file package.<br />(3) A grouping of options in a configuration file to control various aspects of compilation by default.
Industry:Software
